Somerset slump to 87-7 after Notts total 448 in their first innings
Lancashire 100-1 at stumps, replying to Warwickshire's 371 all out
Yorkshire earn 80-run first-innings lead over Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl
18 teams split into three divisions of six depending on placings earlier in season
Winners of Division One will be crowned county champions after four rounds of matches
Lancashire v Warwickshire 371 all out
An early tea has been taken at Old Trafford with Warwickshire having been dismissed for 371.
Lancashire will have 44 overs to bat tonight when they come out - light permitting.
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Somerset 2-1 Nottinghamshire 448
Beware the bowler who has just got runs!
With the ball in hand and buoyed by his 51 with the bat, Luke Fletcher has struck in his first over.
Steven Davies is hit on the pad in front of leg stump with Fletcher coming round the wicket to the left-hander and the wicket-keeper batsman is on his way.
Lancashire v Warwickshire 371 all out
Warwickshire last man Chemar Holder makes an all-action six which included a massive slog off Matt Parkinson but he has no answer to Saqib Mahmood's fast in-swinging delivery.
Mahmood finishes with 4-77 and he has led a Red Rose fightback today. Beginning the day at 259-3, the visitors have lost seven for 112 today.
However, thanks to centuries for Chris Benjamin and Sam Hain yesterday, the Championship leaders will still be satisfied with 371, even if it was slow going at times.
Hampshire 70-3 v Yorkshire 243
A key phase of the game may have begun at the Ageas Bowl, with England spinner Dom Bess into the attack for Yorkshire.
How much turn will he find in this surface? Two singles end his second over and he has 0-5 so far.
Meanwhile, James Vince - who has passed 500 Championship runs for the season - has survived a loud lbw appeal by Steve Patterson.
Lancashire v Warwickshire 363-9
Another one down for Warwickshire.
Fast and with a hint of in-swing from Saqib Mahmood has Craig Miles struck on the pad and he is out LBW. Lancashire fighting back well on the second day at Old Trafford.
Northamptonshire's Ben Sanderson has 3-11 from six overs with the new ball and Gloucestershire are 29-3, replying to 327 all out by the visitors.
Shane Snater and Adam Wheater have extended Essex's lead to 140 over Glamorgan, with the away side now 274-7.
In Division Three, Callum Parkinson has picked up a second wicket but Kent are 84-3, a lead of 207 over Leicestershire.
Jack Haynes and Brett D'Oliveira have so far added 62 for Worcestershire, who are 133-3 in reply to Sussex's 264 all out.
Good to see Toby Roland-Jones back in action with the ball for Middlesex. he hasn't taken a wicket yet, but Derbyshire are 83-6 at Lord's and still trailing by 199.
Somerset v Nottinghamshire 448 all out
Luke Fletcher and Nottinghamshire's innings is finally over.
After enjoying himself for his 51, the number ten tries to launch Roelof van der Merwe down the M5, but he doesn't get all of it and Tom Lammonby is underneath it to take the catch at long on.
A superb effort from Notts after being put in to bat with Liam Patterson-White's 101 the highlight of a very fine team batting performance.
Hampshire 61-3 v Yorkshire 243
James Vince is building a head of steam.
Two successive boundaries are clipped away through the leg-side at the start of a new Jordan Thompson over and the fifth ball disappears to the vacant third man area for another.
That last shot was uppish, but Vince was never in any danger and he is now 32 not out.
Somerset v Nottinghamshire 445-9
A single brings up a 50 for number ten Luke Fletcher.
Coming off 90 balls, Fletcher's knock has only added to Somerset's frustration, considering Notts were 208-6 at one stage yesterday.
Lancashire v Warwickshire 359-8
Having hit that big six, Matt Lamb goes for another big hit off Matt Parkinson.
This time, the bowler wins as Lamb gets nothing on it and is bowled and he departs after batting for almost three hours for his 36.
Hampshire 49-3 v Yorkshire 243
Yorkshire's Jordan Thompson runs in for his second over, and after a single for Tom Alsop, there's that James Vince cover drive again.
It's a matter of aesthetics, but that looked even better than the last one (see 14:34 entry). Effortless.
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Lancashire v Warwickshire 355-7
After grafting his way to 29 off 120 balls, Matt Lamb signals to the dressing room for a new bat.
Tim Bresnan brings a selection out, Lamb picks one and promptly hits the next ball he faces from Matt Parkinson over long-on for six to bring up Warwickshire's 350.
The other bat obviously didn't have a very good middle!
Hampshire 42-3 v Yorkshire 243
We haven't seen James Vince's trademark cover drive yet - oh, hang on, there it is. He breaks the shackles for a moment with an elegant boundary to the left of mid-off and progresses to 15 not out.
Somerset v Nottinghamshire 438-9
Some infuriating hitting from the last pair at Taunton from a home perspective.
Luke Fletcher just thumped three straight fours off Tom Abell and then a huge six off Jack Brooks and he's now up to 44 as Notts set an imposing total.
Somerset v Nottinghamshire 410-9
A real tailender's shot here from Brett Hutton ends a useful innings.
He goes to pull Tom Abell, but with zero foot movement, the ball flies up to mid-on where Josh Davey hangs on with ease.
As is so often the case, Northants seamer Ben Sanderson has struck in his first over, removing Ben Charlesworth for a duck as Gloucestershire begin their reply to 327 all out by the visitors.
Glamorgan spinner Steve Reingold has picked up the wickets of Michael Pepper and Simon Harmer since lunch, leaving Essex on 241-7 - but they have a lead of 107.
Image source, Rex FeaturesIn Division Three, Zak Crawley has just been bowled by Callum Parkinson for 26, leaving Kent 49-1, but with a lead over Leicestershire of 172. at Grace Road.
Derbyshire are looking to regroup at Lord's and are now 48-2 against Middlesex, who were earlier bowled out for 282.
No joy for Sussex since the interval at New Road, where Worcestershire are 120-3 - 144 behind - with Jack Haynes 31 not out.
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Lancashire v Warwickshire 340-7
The Parkinson and Wells combination works again for Lancashire, albeit in a more conventional fashion.
Danny Briggs goes to reverse sweep and the ball balloons up towards Wells, who grabs it out of the air with an excellent high one-handed catch.
Briggs is unimpressed with the decision, but he has to go.
Hampshire 34-3 v Yorkshire 243
A quiet start by Hampshire immediately after lunch at the Ageas Bowl, with just ones and a two added. James Vince is nine not out and Tom Alsop has five, the latter having faced 35 deliveries so far.
Image source, Rex FeaturesBit of news from the Kia Oval with Liam Plunkett set to leave Surrey at the end of the season to play in a new T20 league in the USA.
"I’ve enjoyed a fantastic career with England, and after retiring from international cricket, I am delighted to be able to help build the sport in America in both playing and coaching capacities," said Plunkett, whose wife Emeleah is American.
The 36-year-old played 13 Tests, 89 one-dayers - including the 2019 World Cup final - and 22 T20 internationals, and also appeared for Durham and Yorkshire in county cricket before joining Surrey.